EQU. GUINEA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,069	7	419	+ 1,650
Stroke	2	1,273	6	437	+ 836
Diabetes Mellitus	3	926	11	299	+ 627
Lung Disease	4	490	20	120	+ 369
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	456	2	913	- 456
Kidney Disease	6	451	14	198	+ 253
Hypertension	7	256	16	165	+ 91
Liver Disease	8	235	13	199	+ 36
Lung Cancers	9	228	41	27	+ 201
Road Traffic Accidents	10	221	8	368	- 148
Suicide	11	213	22	107	+ 106
Asthma	12	179	26	65	+ 113
Breast Cancer	13	165	24	84	+ 81
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	163	29	55	+ 107
Congenital Anomalies	15	151	12	249	- 98
Low Birth Weight	16	141	4	457	- 316
Stomach Cancer	17	137	49	16	+ 122
Measles	18	134	15	181	- 47
Drownings	19	114	36	39	+ 74
Other Injuries	20	110	23	105	+ 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	102	9	349	- 246
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	102	40	29	+ 73
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	98	50	14	+ 83
Prostate Cancer	24	91	35	43	+ 49
Ovary Cancer	25	86	52	13	+ 73
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	75	43	22	+ 53
Falls	27	68	32	46	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	28	63	46	18	+ 45
Inflammatory/Heart	29	62	27	63	- 1
Liver Cancer	30	58	34	43	+ 15
Endocrine Disorders	31	52	25	73	- 21
Cervical Cancer	32	50	28	56	- 6
Lymphomas	33	48	45	19	+ 29
Violence	34	48	33	45	+ 3
Birth Trauma	35	47	5	441	- 394
Uterin Cancer	36	45	58	8	+ 38
Maternal Conditions	37	45	17	139	- 94
Bladder Cancer	38	41	56	9	+ 33
Oral Cancer	39	38	37	35	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	40	32	55	11	+ 20
Skin Disease	41	30	51	13	+ 17
Leukemia	42	27	61	4	+ 23
Malnutrition	43	24	31	48	- 24
Meningitis	44	21	19	127	- 106
Epilepsy	45	20	38	32	- 12
Alcohol	46	18	53	12	+ 6
Skin Cancers	47	17	48	16	+ 1
Fires	48	15	39	30	- 15
Syphilis	49	15	18	134	- 119
Tuberculosis	50	15	10	321	- 306
Oesophagus Cancer	51	8	54	12	- 4
Poisonings	52	7	44	21	- 14
Other Neoplasms	53	6	63	3	+ 3
Encephalitis	54	5	57	8	- 3
Drug Use	55	5	30	50	- 46
Appendicitis	56	3	59	6	- 2
Hepatitis B	57	3	65	3	- 0
Pertussis	58	2	21	109	- 107
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	62	4	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	67	1	+ 0
Dengue	61	1	73	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	0	42	23	- 23
Diphtheria	63	0	64	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	64	0	69	0	- 0
War	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	68	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	2	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	1	1,838	- 1,838
Schistosomiasis	74	0	60	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	3	668	- 668
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	47	16	- 16
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Samoa

Equ. Guinea

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.